Nintendo revealed the teaser trailer today for The Super Mario Bros. Movie set to release next year, and we saw a glimpse of the long-awaited voice acting by Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy actor Chris Pratt. What does the voice sound like? Well, it sounds like… Chris Pratt.
Twitter was quick to pass judgement and share disappointment on Pratt’s voice acting for the iconic character.
me listening to chris pratt’s voice come out of mario’s mouth pic.twitter.com/yH3IKPjMBm
— allegra frank (@LegsFrank) October 6, 2022
Chris Pratt saying he worked so hard on the Mario voice only for it to sound like Chris Pratt is the funniest thing
— Comet 🐑🌟 | Lumi Pilot | Workin’ on comms (@starteas) October 6, 2022
Illumination Entertainment, the studio behind Despicable Me and Minions, partnered with Nintendo in production. The film was announced in January 2018 and is set to release on April 7, 2023.
The ensemble cast also includes Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen and Keegan-Michael Key. The movie is being directed by Teen Titans Go‘s filmmakers Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. The screenplay is by Matthew Fogel.
We’re honestly a bit disappointed by this development. We hoped we’d see some more creativity in Mario’s voice acting. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
A journalism graduate from the University of North Texas, Allyson loves writing about games almost as much as she loves playing them.
